void Dictionary::translate(char out_s[MAX_WORD_LEN], const char s[MAX_WORD_LEN])
{
int i = 0;
  for (i=0;i<numEntries;i++)
    {
      if (strcmp(englishWord[i], s)==0)
	break;
    }
/*  if ( i<numEntries){
    strcpy(out_s, elvishWord[i]);*/

for(int i = 0; i<numEntries;i++)
    {
    char *not_found = {'\0'};
    if(strcmp(englishWord[i],s)!=0)
        {

           // do{out_s[i] ='\0';i++;}while(i<MAX_WORD_LEN);
            int leng = 0;
            leng = strlen(s);

            for( int i = 0; i < leng; i++)
            {
            strcpy(not_found,s);
            not_found[i+1] = not_found[i];
            not_found[0] = '*';
            not_found[leng-1] = '*';
            }
            //strcpy(out_s,not_found);
         break;
        }
       // strcpy(out_s,not_found);

    }
    if ( i<numEntries){
    strcpy(out_s, elvishWord[i]);
  // what do I do if I didn't find the word?
  // might want another parameter or return value what
  // indicates that the word wasn't found
}
}